PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-PUD-2022-001)

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The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG)Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County. Parcel 10 (Lehua Villages 2) is split between a Low Density Urban and a Medium Density Urban designation and Parcel 136 (Lehua Villages 1)is fully designated Medium Density Urban by the General Plan LUPAG map. The Low Density Urban designation allows residential use,with ancillary community and public uses, and neighborhood and convenience-type commercial uses; overall residential density may be up to six units per acre and the Medium Density Urban designation allows village and neighborhood commercial and single family and multiple family residential and related functions (multiple family residential -up to 35 units per acre). The Hamakua Community Development(HCDP)was adopted by ordinance in 2018. The subject properties are located within the Honoka`a designated urban growth boundary and located in an area designated for Low and Medium Density Urban uses by the Honoka`a/Haina Land Use Guide Map, which essentially follows the land use pattern recommended by the General Plan. In addition, the proposed project conforms to several objectives of the HCDP, including concentrating new developments within existing town centers while limiting rural sprawl and providing affordable housing (lots). The subject 14.322-acre project site consists of two irregularly shaped properties, each a little over 7 acres in size,that are separated by Lehua Street. The project site is bordered along the south by the Hawaii Belt Road (Highway 19) and to the north by Lehua Street and its future extension. The project site is currently vacant of any structures or uses with an extensive cover of abandoned sugar cane and various non-native grasses. The project site is situated along the makai side of the Hawaii Belt Road within the urban core of Honoka`a town. To the east lies Tex's Drive Inn, situated on Commercial-zoned lands. In close proximity to the north(makai)lies the Honoka`a Elementary, Intermediate and High School complexes, the Honoka`a Park complex, and -7-